"I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal"

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Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". Nova (TV series), www.pbs.org. November 01, 2000.

Andrew Wiles

#Mean Quotes #Track Quotes #Goal Quotes

“The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.”
“Writing a book is like loving someone. It can be very painful.”
“What a mathematical proof actually does is show that certain conclusions, such as the irrationality of , follow from certain premises, such as the principle of mathematical induction. The validity of these premises is an entirely independent matter which can safely be left to philosophers.”

Source : Timothy Gowers (2010). “Mathematics”, p.50, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
“I do want to state that I have never kissed a girl nor have I touched a girl immorally or with sexual intent”
“I would (have sex with another woman). Sometimes I feel attracted to other women. It's almost more exciting to watch women getting it on than men.”
“And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had to water and giver fertilizer or they'd die. But weeds, indigenous plants, you gave them nada-nothing; hell you even poisoned them and put concrete over them, and those weeds would still break the concrete,”

Source : Victor Villasenor (2008). “Burro Genius”, p.21, HarperCollins Español
“A drawing has never killed anyone.”

Source : "'Charlie Hebdo' Editor in Chief: 'A Drawing Has Never Killed Anyone'". Interview with Stefan Simons, www.spiegel.de. September 20, 2012.
“A lot of people have the ability, but they don't put forth the effort.”

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